Engraved t.p. signed by Thomas de Leu; it incorporates images of Henri IV and Marie de Medicis. The full-page ill. are signed by Leu, C. de Mallery and L. Gaultier. Head- and tail-pieces. Woodcut initials, some of them grotesque or historiated

Signatures: ã e i a-z A-I K(K6+chi1) L M(-M8) (e8 blank; D1 blank except for page no. and signature letter)

BN gives 517 (not 518) p. for the present ed., and 518 p. for Sonnius' 2nd ed. of 1609

Includes index

"Indice alphabetiqve des avthevrs employez en ceste oeuure"--Leaves i7r-i8r

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Binding: 18th-c. red goatskin. Margins of boards tooled in gilt with four line frames, leaving the center panel void. Spine tooled in gilt, including brief title & imprint. Turn-ins tooled in gilt. Page edges gilt

Several pencilled annotations claim that this is the Fonthill copy

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